Former Health Minister Questions Hospital Construction Freeze

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 30, 2026 · Originally reported July 28, 2026 by Once Noticias

Former Health Minister José Manuel Matheu criticized the suspension of three hospitals under investigation for cost overruns, saying the projects should continue while authorities probe why costs allegedly ballooned from $79 million to $280 million.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Once Noticias, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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